Boston Globe – Money, money everywhere. Boston’s private equity firms are in the midst of unprecedented fund-raising that will fuel even greater levels of investing over the next several years. Endowments, pension funds, and other institutional investors are throwing as […]

Bloomberg – A rally in Japanese stocks that faltered last month is set to resume amid signs of growth in the world’s second-largest economy and as the central bank prepares to raise interest rates from near zero, hedge fund managers […]

Seattle Times – Critics of mutual funds have long maintained that one big problem with the entire investment genre is that the money manager gets paid even when the fund falls short of expectations. But a brand new fund has […]

Medford Mail Tribune – Currency trading used to be a strategy employed by only the wealthiest investors and hedge funds, but a growing number of mutual and exchange traded funds make it possible for individuals to try it for themselves, […]

CBS News – This is a story about a large company accusing another large company of deliberately trying to drive down its stock price to make money. If the allegations are true, it’s like fixing a game. The company being […]

Washington Post – Ric Dillon, whose $442 million Diamond Hill Focus Long-Short Fund climbed twice as much as the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index in the past five years, is bearish on carmakersand bullish on airlines. The 49-year-old mutual fund […]

The Post.ie – The glitzy but complex world of hedge funds found itself at the receiving end of unwelcome attention from financial regulators in Ireland and Britain last week. The Irish Financial Regulator showed its teeth to the industry with […]

Big money is working its way into small places. Deep-pocketed pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors are pouring money into a place they’ve avoided for years: emerging-market hedge funds. In December, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or Calpers, […]

Reuters.uk – The Financial Services Authority said it was considering letting retail investors have access to hedge fund investments and would consult next year on how to help consumers understandthe risks. Allowed investments will probably include funds of hedge funds […]

Allentown Morning Call – Critics of mutual funds have long maintained that one big problem with the entire investment genre is that the money manager gets paid even when the fund falls short of expectations. So while management can talk […]

Boston Globe – Billionaire Thomas Lee, who founded the Boston buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners LP 32 years ago, has stepped down to start another private-equity venture and expand his hedge fund. ”We’ve separated amicably, and I intend to […]

Rocky Mountain News – A private eye known for uncovering the hidden riches of Saddam Hussein may try to hunt down millions of dollars – including investments by former Denver Broncos – in an allegedhedge fund fraud. Kroll Inc., whose […]